Common perception among arts educators in the United States is that the arts are “edged out” of the curriculum because schools value them less than math and reading. Schools value the arts less than math and reading because math and reading are on state tests; in turn, math and reading are on the state tests [...]
ART AND THE GOVERNMENT – DOMESTIC Americans for the Arts’s Narric Rome provides a vital update on the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA, also known as No Child Left Behind), and what it all means for arts education, as it makes its way through the Congressional committee process. Proposed copyright legislation called the [...]
ART AND THE GOVERNMENT: DOMESTIC AFTA’s Narric Rome shares the latest on how arts education has fared in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (aka No Child Left Behind) reauthorization, which Jennifer Kessler reported on earlier this year. Mostly good news, from what it sounds like. Looks like net neutrality advocates dodged a bullet when the Senate rejected an [...]
In his 2011 State of the Union Address, President Obama spent almost 10 of his 60 minutes discussing why it’s so essential to offer every child a world-class education: Over the next 10 years, nearly half of all new jobs will require education that goes beyond a high school education. And yet, as many as [...]
Talia, Thanks very much for this overview of the shared delivery model in arts education, and for your thoughtful...
Interesting roundup! Thanks for the effort put into assembling all the information. I have heard of CultureBlocks...
I really enjoyed this! I would never have thought to draw a parallel between cultural institutions and sports teams....
Point taken, Carrie, and I admit the treatment here was more snarky than educational. However, the number of c3′s...
I was excited to see the statistic that the number of nonprofits has decreased in the last couple years, but then I...